Callaway nuclear plant back in service

Friday

FULTON (AP) — The Callaway Energy Center nuclear power plant is back in service after several weeks of refueling and maintenance.

Ameren Missouri said yesterday in a release that the company performed maintenance work, inspections, tests and several modifications for safety and reliability.

The site near Reform was closed in April for the work shortly after four contract workers were injured in a switchyard about 300 yards from the plant during what Ameren called an "electrical flash." Ameren Missouri officials said the accident did not affect the nuclear reactor's operation.

The Callaway Energy Center typically generates about 20 percent of the electricity supplied to Ameren Missouri's 1.2 million customers.

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